Ukraine Approves Opening Of New Checkpoint On Border With Romania

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine had approved the agreement on the opening of the international checkpoint Bila Tserkva (Ukraine) - Sighetu Marmatiei (Romania).

Taras Melnychuk, the government's representative in the Verkhovna Rada, said this in a post on Telegram , Ukrinform reports.

"The agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Romania (in the form of an exchange of notes) on the opening of a new international checkpoint across the Ukrainian-Romanian state border between the settlements of Bila Tserkva (Ukraine) and Sighetu Marmatiei (Romania) has been approved," the post reads.

The agreement was signed in Bucharest on August 18, 2023.

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Ukraine and Romania signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of a bridge on the border during the Rebuilding Ukraine Forum 2023 in Bucharest.

A 261-meter-long bridge across the Tisza River will be constructed between the settlements of Bila Tserkva (Ukraine, Zakarpattia region) and Sighetu Marmatiei (Romania).

Photo: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

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